vxconfigd "hangs"?

Hi --
Solaris 8
Foundation Suite 4.1

We have completed serveral upgrades to Foundation Suite 4.1 for Solaris.
We have had 5 instances of trying to create/grow a volume and would receive
the following error.

VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-10127 creating subdisk disk0050-04:
        Subdisk disk0050-04 would overlap subdisk disk0050-02
VxVM vxresize ERROR V-5-1-4703 Problem running vxassist command for volume
vol173, in diskgroup datadg0003

We would resolved this by restarting vxconfigd

vxconfigd -k

Question ?

Are you using the GUI to do this ?


The reason why I'm asking is because the GUI keeps the Volume Manager 
information in a central location (called the BUS - or also known as the 
Object BUS or OB)

This OB gets refreshed every now and again (because refressing it every 
5 seconds will slow down your machine a bit (read a hell of a lot here).

So, you resolved this by doing vxconfigd -k   ?   This will cause the OB 
to refresh and thus solve your problem.

You could also have done /etc/init.d/isisd stop   followed by 
/etc/init.d/isisd start.   This is safer than stopping and restarting 
vxconfigd (you might run into problems if you run a vxconfigd -k with an 
encapsulated boot disk or if you have Cluster Volume Manager)

Another option would be to learn the command line and run the vxassist 
command on your own (the command the GUI calls in any case)



u3mw wrote:
> Hi --
> Solaris 8
> Foundation Suite 4.1
> 
> We have completed serveral upgrades to Foundation Suite 4.1 for Solaris.
> We have had 5 instances of trying to create/grow a volume and would
receive
> the following error.
> 
> VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-10127 creating subdisk disk0050-04:
>         Subdisk disk0050-04 would overlap subdisk disk0050-02
> VxVM vxresize ERROR V-5-1-4703 Problem running vxassist command for volume
> vol173, in diskgroup datadg0003
> 
> We would resolved this by restarting vxconfigd
> 
> vxconfigd -k
>